Art VanDelay
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Im thinking of giving Direct TV the boot. Looks like I'll probably go with Roku. I would still like to have the ability to pull in a few local stations - what antenna would you recommend ? You guys are my Geek Squad
depends on where you live, the small ones that look like a big thin plastic mouse pad works for me to get all the broadcast network stuff. I think I payed under $20 for it.Im thinking of giving Direct TV the boot. Looks like I'll probably go with Roku. I would still like to have the ability to pull in a few local stations - what antenna would you recommend ? You guys are my Geek Squad
Im thinking of giving Direct TV the boot. Looks like I'll probably go with Roku. I would still like to have the ability to pull in a few local stations - what antenna would you recommend ? You guys are my Geek Squad
Very interesting. Thanks !
My new neighbors just put up an outdoor antenna. Looks a lot like mine. They've got it pointed somewhere north of Morrison rather than Mt. Zion. Guess that's working out for them but at least half the local stations have antenna space on Mt. Zion or just south of there.
I have one similar to this. It is smaller it is like half. So only one Figure 8 looking antenna. Most of the towers are about 30 miles from my house. The antenna go 60 miles. I am completely satisfied with it the signal is good the quality is awesome.
mscard might call it "the boob tube".
Yup, same here. It's in an "attic" area just above a coat closet in the living room, but is patched in to all of the cable in the house. It picks up every available station reliably, even in heavy wind/rain. We're about 15-20 miles from most of the towers, but in a bit of a valley as far as line-of-sight goes. We have a Roku 3 in the bedroom, and an Amazon FireStick in the living room. The FireStick has Kodi loaded on it, so the amount of available movies/tv programming beats anything you can pay for. However, we do have Amazon Prime/Hulu as subscriptions, so that generally takes care of most of the day-to-day stuff, even though that same programming is available on Kodi for free. I think the Roku is a more well-designed from a user-interface standpoint, but they both work well and do their job.
How do you turn the picture right-side-up? or do you sit on your head to watch?I actually hung it upside down in my garage so that it wouldn't be messed up with any sort of weather and it has no issue going through the walls and whatnot
Im thinking of giving Direct TV the boot. Looks like I'll probably go with Roku. I would still like to have the ability to pull in a few local stations - what antenna would you recommend ? You guys are my Geek Squad
This is absurd. The picture would run out of all the holes that are on top. Look on the bottom. Are there any holes? I rest my case.Obviously the tv would have to be turned upside down. Captain Obvious (@mscard88) should be along soon to confirm this.
That is why you apply a sealant of some sort. Do I have to think of everything? LolThis is absurd. The picture would run out of all the holes that are on top. Look on the bottom. Are there any holes? I rest my case.
Does your TV have a built in tuner?I tried one of those powered antennas that was rated for 60 miles and got snow. I returned it. I would say that I'm about 40 miles straight line from the broadcast antenna but behind a high point of ground.
If you are asking if it searches for channels on its own, yes, and it couldn't find any. My TV is only about 3 years old.Does your TV have a built in tuner?
Mine doesn't and I got snow.
Then someone from the 21st century said "Either get a real TV, or go buy an external tuner"
$34 later, and I got TV now.
If you are asking if it searches for channels on its own, yes, and it couldn't find any. My TV is only about 3 years old.
Maybe, but I don't know any 10-year-olds around here...Your neighbor's 10 year old kid can fix that in a jiffy.
I tried one of those powered antennas that was rated for 60 miles and got snow. I returned it. I would say that I'm about 40 miles straight line from the broadcast antenna but behind a high point of ground.
Maybe I didn't get snow, but the receiver searching through the channels couldn't find any. I could be mistaking it for the snow I got on my older TV when I tried the rabbit ears.Umm, if you got "snow" your TV was in analog mode, not digital. No such thing as "snow" in digitial... (barring the occasional block error).
Yeah, I was just pulling your chain. Thus, the smileys.Maybe I didn't get snow, but the receiver searching through the channels couldn't find any. I could be mistaking it for the snow I got on my older TV when I tried the rabbit ears.
A friend told me to try the powered antenna so I did, even though I was doubtful.